Fabrizio Murgana

EDUCATION
- 2015: Scientific high school diploma, with vote 100/100 cum laude.
- 2015-2018: Student of the bachelor’s degree Course in Fisica at the Department of Physics and Astronomy (Department of Physics and Astronomy "Ettore Majorana") of the University of Catania.
- Bachelor's Degree in Physics (Class L-30), obtained on 05/10/2018 at the University of Catania, with a grade of 110/110 cum laude.

- Winner of an incentive award reserved for students enrolled in the academic year 2015/16 at the L-30 degree course - Physical Sciences and Technologies (PHYSICS) at the University of Catania.
- 2015 – 2021: Student at Scuola Superiore di Catania (SSC) in the class of Experimental Sciences – Science and Technology.

- 2018 – 2020: Student of the master’s degree Course in Physics, Theoretical Physics curriculum, at the Department of Physics and Astronomy "Ettore Majorana" of the University of Catania.

- Winner of an incentive prize reserved for the best students enrolled in the 2018/19 academic year in the LM-17 (PHYSICS) degree course at the University of Catania.

- Winner of an incentive prize reserved for the best students in the academic year 2019/20 for the LM-17 (PHYSICS) degree course at the University of Catania

- Master’s degree in PHYSICS (class LM 17) at the University of Catania obtained on 05/10/2020 with a grade of 110/110 cum laude, with a thesis entitled "Hydrodynamic approach to functional renormalization group", carried out under the supervision of prof. D. Rischke (Goethe-Universität of Frankfurt) and Prof. V. Greco (Università deglli studi di Catania)

- Winner of the prize “Roberto Giordano” for the best master thesis in theoretical and nuclear physics
- Diploma at Scuola Superiore di Catania in the class of Experimental Sciences – Science and Technology on 14/12/2021 with a grade of 70/70 cum laude, with a thesis entitled "Critical Exponents or O(N) model via Hydrodynamic approach to functional renormalization group."

- 2020- in progress: PHD student in Physics at Università di Catania with a project developed in joint supervision with the Goethe Univeristat of Frankfurt.

- I spent a total of 18 months at the the Goethe Univeristat of Frankfurt, in order to carry out my research focused on the Functional renormalization group and its applications to low-energy-effective models for QCD.

RESEARCH TOPICS
One of the main themes of my current research activity is the functional renormalization group (FRG) and its applications to the study of QFTs. I exploit this approach to study the phase diagram of QCD making use of some effective models, specifically O(N)-symmetric model and the quark-meson model. I exploit the fact that the FRG flow equations for these models can be cast into the form of advection-diffusion equations, therefore making them solvable via hydrodynamic algorithms.
I also focus on the NJL model as an effective description of low energy QCD at high densities. Within the framework of this model, I study the impact of the coupling of axions to color superconducting matter.